With his contract to Capitol Records expired in 1962, Frank Sinatra was finally able to record the music he wanted for his own label. Along with him came his three greatest arrangers: Billy May, Gordon Jenkins and Nelson Riddle. With Riddle, Sinatra recorded "Sinatra's Sinatra," the songs being re-recordings of Sinatra's greatest hits as selected by his son, Frank Jr. The two recording sessions...
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Much has been written about this Cole Porter song when books and articles are written about Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle. Essentially, the story goes that this was one of four songs recorded to complete the album. All of the songs including this one were written at the last minute with "Skin" being the last one as Riddle finished the orchestration in the backseat of his car which was driven ...
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Mr. Musikfriend has been on a pop standard posting kinda mood lately, posting successive Sinatra tunes with some interesting backstory on most to enlighten this fan. When you live in Las Vegas, the myth of Sinatra and the Rat Pack looms large, and I was not immune to it while living there. This song in particular sticks with me, and hearing the trombone break out midway always kills me. And t...
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They make life so simple!Suddenly, I'm smokin' which is pretty cool. Must be a new look at logarithms - which is way beyond my pinhead...I got lost when a+b=c in about grade 9.[1]I'm back to chillin' - oh, well...Next thing I need to figure out is 1- connecting with more people and getting on trusted lists, 2 - spreading the MOG vibe, and 3 - posting something from youTube. obviously, I figure...
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My entire adult life i have been looking forward to this trip, ever since that movie, "What Women Want" came out. I used to daydream about crowded sidewalks, everyone brushing past eachother someone occasionally darting into a bright yellow cab and zipping off into the maze of streets that makes up downtown. Suave businessmen buried in the pages of the Wal Street Journal. Rain drizzling down fr...
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